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Say you have ten of them; three hundred francs will see you handsomely through the whole thing. In fact, as a matter of economy, breakfasts are preferable; for a dinner you wouldn't get off under five hundred francs." "How you talk, young man!" said Thuillier. "Oh, hang it! everybody knows it costs dear to get elected to the Chamber; and all this favors your nomination."
The death of Monsieur de Nevers had left a vacancy which was to be filled by the nomination of the Prince de Cellamare. Thus, as will be seen, nothing had been forgotten to give its old splendor to the order of the honey-bee.
Lincoln's nomination being an impediment in their way, it strengthened them with the convention, which, notwithstanding its seeming harmony in his support, contained many delegates who would very much have preferred nominating somebody else; but who, for lack of organized opposition, were compelled to vote for him.
He made a very good figure, and in the glory of victory, Ethel herself began to grow proud of him, and the children's great object in life was to make the jackdaws cry, "Rivers for ever!" Flora had always declared that she would be at Stoneborough for the nomination.
When he wrote his letter in acceptance of the nomination to the presidency, he showed it to the superintendent of public instruction in Illinois, whom he called "Mr. The schoolmaster had only to repair what we call a "split infinitive." But the great utterances of his life had no tuition or revision of schoolmasters. They were his own in conception and expression.
"The reasons and motives which prevailed on me to venture on such a step as the nomination of this great and illustrious character, whose voluntary resignation alone occasioned my introduction to the office I now hold, were too numerous to be detailed in this letter, and are too obvious and important to escape the observation of any part of America or Europe.
But that was not what the impeachers wanted. They wanted to get Mr. Johnson out. Ewing's nomination. It was ignored and the impeachment movement went on. Mr. Johnson's veto of the Tenure-of-Office Bill, and the passage of that bill over his veto, of course intensified the antagonism between himself and Congress.
There were certain men, nominally belonging to this or to the other party, who would certainly within a week of the nomination of a Cabinet in the House, oppose the Cabinet which they ought to support. Mr. Daubeny had been in power, nay, was in power, though he had twice resigned. Mr.
You say you shall instruct your delegates for me, unless I object. I certainly shall not object. That would be too pleasant a compliment for me to tread in the dust. I do, however, feel myself bound not to hinder him in any way from getting the nomination. I should despise myself were I to attempt it.
The routine of the great convention had been proceeding. "And the gentleman from Danton, Mr. Gray, moves that we do now proceed with the nomination of a candidate for governor," intoned the chairman in sing-song tones.
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